Chapter 473: Chapter 348 Upgrade Mechanical Printer Process_2

Although Yang Genshuo couldn’t do it himself, now that he had become a cultivator, he had also learned a bit of the rudiments of “Mechanical Techniques,” allowing him to set up a small array.

First Grade wouldn’t work, what about Second Grade?

If it was just for cooling down equipment, Yang Genshuo thought it wouldn’t be a problem.

If Second Grade wouldn’t work, he would be out of options, for he currently didn’t have the ability to set up a Third Grade array. At the very least, he needed to be in the Qi Refinement Realm to have sufficient spiritual power.

“No good, I need to seriously cultivate!”

Yang Genshuo felt his body, and almost all the medicinal power and the essence of the flesh he had absorbed were refined.

“Time for pills!”

Swallowing a [Gathering Qi Pill], a cluster of spiritual energy exploded in his dantian. Yang Genshuo started refining the spiritual energy from the pill, and his cultivation slowly rose.

After five hours had passed, Yang Genshuo had refined about sixty to seventy percent of it, and the remaining medicinal power was being slowly absorbed by his body.

“Time to absorb!”

Yang Genshuo now used [Blessing: Absorption] once every three days for the best effect.

After the previous two absorptions, he carefully reviewed the records of absorption by Yang Shi and Yang Fu from sixty years ago.

He discovered some interesting things.

Back then, they would absorb from demon beasts they encountered. Some would yield talents, some wouldn’t; the ratio was roughly one in five.

Meaning, out of five beasts, there might be one from which they could absorb talent.

But as they absorbed from more and more demon beasts, the ratio kept increasing immensely.

Eventually, dozens of demon beasts might not yield even one talent.

Initially, it was thought this was because Yang Shi was too anxious for success and exceeded the limits of his body. Later they slowed down the pace of absorbing from demon beasts, but there was no improvement.

So they just absorbed at random. After all, even if they didn’t obtain talents from demon beasts, they still gained some qi and blood, and spiritual power.

The increase in qi and blood could enhance Yang Shi’s Martial Cultivation Realm, and the accumulation of spiritual power could also be converted into his own qi and blood using Brother Wu Wukai’s [Nine-Turned Qi Blood Pill], which was the fundamental reason Yang Shi grew quickly despite having little martial arts talent.

Sixty years later, looking back at this period, Yang Genshuo finally noticed the patterns through all the written records and summarized three rules.

“1, The higher the rank of the demon beasts, the higher the probability of absorbing talents from them, and the better the quality of the talents.”

This was concluded a long time ago, but back then, the Yang Family was too weak to venture deep into the Devil Wind Forest. Excluding the occasional captures by Cat, their friend, for some minor nourishment, they were basically unable to absorb from higher-ranked demon beasts.

“2, Talents in the same physical location do not stack.”

For example, after he absorbed the [Earth Bear]’s talent of [Thin Skin (Mortal Level)], his skin had become that kind, and he could no longer absorb the talents that enhance skin from other demon beasts, such as [Sharp Skin (Mortal Level)] from the [Fire Spiked Pig].

“3, However, talents related to spiritual power can stack.”

There are some extremely rare special talents that can increase Spirit Root talents, such as some high-rank Fire Element Spirit Beasts’ unique [Fire Element Affinity (Earth): increases 5 points of Fire Spirit Root talent, allowing faster absorption of Fire Element spiritual energy.]

There’s also the [Five Elements Balance (Earth Level): Five Elements Spirit Root +2.] which Yang Fu once absorbed.

Both of these talents increase Spirit Root talent and can be stacked.

Similarly, talents like [Basic Earth Absorption] and [Basic Water Absorption] can also coexist.

But such talents are very rare, most demon beasts rely on physical strength to survive, and spellcasting demon beasts are already seldom seen.

“If these three fundamental theories are understood… then one must be careful in choosing, especially for the body, avoiding some common talents and selecting better ones instead, otherwise it would be a waste.”

Meanwhile, there was something else Yang Genshuo hadn’t figured out…

“Because of the high merit, the effects of other blessings have increased about threefold. Why does this [Blessing: Absorption] not seem to have changed much?”

Yang Genshuo felt there must be a change, but he used it too little to have noticed anything.

This year, he had Yang Fujian go to steal a relatively common high-rank demon beast from Yang Fuqing’s nest for him.

The Color-Winged Great Peng.

[Use Blessing: Absorption]

[Incense -300]

[You have used Blessing: Absorption on yourself, extracting the essence of the Color-Winged Great Peng. Your qi and blood have increased, spiritual power has increased, and you have acquired the talent: Five Elements Balance (Earth Level).]

A surge of spiritual power entered Yang Genshuo’s dantian, making him feel as if his Fetal Breathing Eighth Layer was nearly full.

“Next time I absorb talents from a spellcasting demon beast, I’ll probably be able to break through to the ninth layer of Fetal Breathing…”

This colorful-winged roc was the very demon beast absorbed by Yang Fu in the past.

Now taking advantage of the blessings given to the Yang Family, Yang Genshuo can predict what talents he might absorb next.

“Five Elements Spirit Root +2, sweet!”

Yang Genshuo currently possesses the Five Spirit Roots and initially had no talents.

Meaning he has the worst kind of Five Elements Spirit Root with no outstanding one; all were at 20.

But he had taken a Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, Five Elements Spirit Root +1.

Now he has obtained the ‘Five Elements Balance’ talent.

The Five Elements Spirit Root has risen to 23 in all aspects.

“Also, I have five Second Grade Five Elements Replenishing Spirit Pills that can permanently increase my talents. If I consume them all, my Five Elements Spirit Root could reach 25 points, which is a significant improvement…”

Yang Genshuo plans to start consuming one a day starting tomorrow.

At that moment, he suddenly realized something.

“Eh? The ‘Blessing: Absorption’ has been used three times and each time I’ve gained a talent… Perhaps this is the blessing being fortified by merit?”

After a session of cultivation and absorption, it was already deep into the night.

Yang Genshuo stepped out of his room, determined not to sleep tonight, deciding instead to practice in the Five Elements Unification Chamber to further solidify the effects of the pills and absorption.

Being at the eighth layer of Fetal Breathing was too weak; he needed to become stronger!

“Big brother Shuo, practicing again? The disturbance at noon today was really something~”

Tian Zhe was doing push-ups in the courtyard, with an empty Qi Blood Powder bottle beside him, his body emitting a faint heat.

Yang Genshuo was tempted to apply his blessing to Tian Zhe.

[In this world, only you can enjoy the Yang Family’s incense…]

Unfortunately, he couldn’t use it.

Yang Genshuo was slightly disappointed.

Slap!

A Martial Cultivation Technique book was thrown into Tian Zhe’s arms.

“After you finished drinking it, practice this to assimilate the medicine’s power.”

“‘Wind Cloud Steps’… is it a movement technique? I thought you would have some ancestral swordsmanship from the Yang Family or something.”

“Oh? How did you know? But you should learn this first. You can learn ‘Yang Family Sword’ later; both are martial arts from my family.”

“Ancestral?”

Yang Genshuo thought for a moment…

“Passed down from Sun Chuan.”

“I get it, from the lineage of Sun Bin, right? I knew Ancient Martial wasn’t a hoax!”

“…”

Nowadays, this society is not the Immortal Cultivation World, where disputes are settled by dueling whenever there’s a disagreement.

You can’t just go out on the streets and draw your sword on someone, right?

If you master the movement technique well, it should be sufficient.

It’s a Heavenly Level martial arts technique created by Yang Fujian, one of only two Heavenly Level methods in both the Danai and Fierce Sun Dynasties.

‘Wind Cloud Steps’ is also a high-rank technique for martial cultivators.

Once he reaches the fifth layer of Body Refining, he could start practicing the ‘Mingxin Technique’.

With this in mind, Yang Genshuo used his divine sense to glance at the Immortal World’s Yang Fujian.

“He’s actually researching a new heart method combining Immortal Cultivation and Martial Arts…”

“Impressive, kid. Are you aiming to surpass the Martial Saint?”